EAS is on the chopping block!!!
03-23-2017 | 06:30 AM
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If you think EAS is wasteful, look at where it falls on list of wasteful government spending and total dollars spent. Less than $200 million annually for the lower 48, EAS is far down the list and amounts to pennies compared to other wasteful areas. Trump traveling down to Florida every single weekend and his kids traveling all over the world with secret service will cost the tax payers more annually than EAS in the lower 48.
03-23-2017 | 06:49 AM
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You can't deny the fact the government is buying tickets on private airlines they are currently subsidizing.
It's kind of like paying tax on your social security money. Why not just receive a smaller tax free check or take a tax credit on other income which nets you the money at the end of the day? The government spends 39 cents for every $100 of revenue. Giving you money to later take a portion right back has a cost.
It's kind of like paying tax on your social security money. Why not just receive a smaller tax free check or take a tax credit on other income which nets you the money at the end of the day? The government spends 39 cents for every $100 of revenue. Giving you money to later take a portion right back has a cost.
The meat axe approach to economics is hardly ever a good idea.
03-23-2017 | 07:39 AM
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If you think EAS is wasteful, look at where it falls on list of wasteful government spending and total dollars spent. Less than $200 million annually for the lower 48, EAS is far down the list and amounts to pennies compared to other wasteful areas. Trump traveling down to Florida every single weekend and his kids traveling all over the world with secret service will cost the tax payers more annually than EAS in the lower 48.
03-23-2017 | 07:51 AM
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03-23-2017 | 02:39 PM
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Cutting EAS spending won't even dent the budget deficit. Our budget deficit is roughly 3% GDP and DOD spending is 5% GDP and going higher. Last balanced budget had DOD spending at 3.5% GDP and higher taxes. The country will never have a balanced budget with a military build up agenda and history proves so. If we should reduce spending like you want, the most obvious area is DOD followed by social security, cutting EAS spending is chump change.
03-23-2017 | 04:38 PM
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Even though pay has quadroupled in recent years there is still a shortage. What you are overlooking is that not everyone chooses their employer based on wage. Not everyone wants the hassle that comes with having the best paying job out there. Just like not every passenger wants to buy the cheapest ticket.
The higher the pay and the higher the QOL, the more existing and new pilots get into the game. This is economics 101.
03-23-2017 | 04:39 PM
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EAS is on the chopping block!!!
Cutting EAS spending won't even dent the budget deficit. Our budget deficit is roughly 3% GDP and DOD spending is 5% GDP and going higher. Last balanced budget had DOD spending at 3.5% GDP and higher taxes. The country will never have a balanced budget with a military build up agenda and history proves so. If we should reduce spending like you want, the most obvious area is DOD followed by social security, cutting EAS spending is chump change.
So if wasteful spending doesn't dent the budget, we should keep wasting? That makes no sense at all. I'm all for cutting a flat percentage across everything to balance the budget and then going in and cutting things completely out, like EAS, and moving that money to the priorities of that administration.
03-24-2017 | 09:00 AM
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So if wasteful spending doesn't dent the budget, we should keep wasting? That makes no sense at all. I'm all for cutting a flat percentage across everything to balance the budget and then going in and cutting things completely out, like EAS, and moving that money to the priorities of that administration.
The conversation is about EAS spending. $300 million spent annually is tiny when looking at the $600+ billion annual budget deficit.
We are spending 5% GDP on DOD with a 3% deficit. Germany is spending 2% on DOD and has a budget surplus. DOD is the leading factor to our budget deficit in this country, it's no secret. Social security is second to DOD.
The little areas add up but will never fully balance the budget without going after the biggest budget items.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
03-24-2017 | 11:32 AM
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EAS is on the chopping block!!!
The conversation is about EAS spending. $300 million spent annually is tiny when looking at the $600+ billion annual budget deficit.
We are spending 5% GDP on DOD with a 3% deficit. Germany is spending 2% on DOD and has a budget surplus. DOD is the leading factor to our budget deficit in this country, it's no secret. Social security is second to DOD.
The little areas add up but will never fully balance the budget without going after the biggest budget items.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
We are spending 5% GDP on DOD with a 3% deficit. Germany is spending 2% on DOD and has a budget surplus. DOD is the leading factor to our budget deficit in this country, it's no secret. Social security is second to DOD.
The little areas add up but will never fully balance the budget without going after the biggest budget items.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
When I look at my budget and notice that 2% of my budget deficit is being wasted, I'm going to cut that out as part of the process to balance my budget. It makes absolutely no sense to keep wasting that 2% and find another 100% of my overspending to cut! It makes perfect sense to cut the 2% and find another 98% of what I'm overspending on.
And like I said, I'm all for cutting 10% on EVERYTHING and then going in and COMPLETELY illuminating waste. And after all said and done, we are under budget, divy up that among things like the DoD and other administration priorities.
This all makes sense unless there is some other hidden agenda.
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